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Golden cats: A never-ending story!
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2022
Abitbol Marie, Dargar Tanushri, Gache Vincent
Abstract excerpt
In the British feline breed a golden coat modification, called light-gold, akita or copper, was reported by breeders during the 2010s. This modification restricted eumelanin to the tip of the tail and hairs showed a wideband modification. Pedigree analyses revealed an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. A single candidate region was identified using a genome-wide association study. Within that region, we...
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